川大附中2022级高二半期考试试题
高二英语
（时间：120分钟 分值150分）
注意事项：
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第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a dormitory. B. In a restaurant. C. In a supermarket.
2. How will they go to the mall
A. By bus. B. By car. C. By taxi.
3. What sport does the man prefer
A. Tennis. B. Soccer. C. Basketball.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Boss and secretary. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.
5. When should they arrive at the party
A. At 6:45. B. At 7:15. C. At 7:30.
第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. How many fitness stores are there
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
7. When will they go to the mall
A. In the evening. B. On a weekday. C. Over the weekend…
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. When is the man available to help Jennifer
A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday.
9. What does Jennifer need help with
A. Going to the post office. B. Packing her belongings. C. Teaching classes.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does. Teresa feel better when she cleans
A. It clears her mind. B. It makes her feel fulfilled. C. It keeps her distracted.
11. How does Alex deal with stress on rainy days
A. By going to the gym. B. By taking a nap. C. By jogging outdoors.
12. What does Teresa prefer to listen to when she has low energy and is cleaning
A. Music. B. Podcasts. C. Audiobooks.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man typically do after waking up on weekends
A. Plan the day. B. Go for a walk. C. Drink coffee.
14. How does the man decide what to do on weekends
A. By evaluating his feelings.
B. By following a detailed schedule.
C. By asking friends for suggestions.
15. How does the man usually spend his Sundays
A. Partying with friends. B. Going hiking in nature. C. Staying with his family.
16. What activity-do the man and his family sometimes enjoy on Family Day
A. Having a picnic. B. Going to the beach. C. Chatting and drinking.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What do we know about the speaker
A. She was highly competitive.
B. She enjoyed playing the guitar.
C. She majored in photography.
18. How did the speaker feel about failing her first exam at university
A. Calm. B. Annoyed. C. Disappointed.
19. How did the speaker improve her memory
A. By drawing mind maps. B. By employing st icky notes. C. By attending yoga classes.
20. What does the speaker mainly talk about
A. Personal growth. B. Learning strategies. C. Healthy lifestyles.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、EC和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答读卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Cinema Ticket Solutions
▲Boost business on the big screen
At EVENT Cinemas we offer a fantastic rate for bulk (大批的) ticket purchases, which are good for businesses, social clubs and large groups. Movie tickets are great for promotions, so why not buy in bulk and save
Tap into the power of cinema for all your promotional needs:
·Increase your customers’ average order size
·Reward them for early payment;
·Reward and encourage your staff;
·Provide extra rewards for your sales team;
·Great for social clubs!
We offer our discounts on bulk ticket purchases of 100 tickets or more, so let the big screen boost your business and ask now with our Corporate Sales team.
▲Gift Cards-the perfect gift
Everyone loves movies, so our Gift Cards are a great way to reward your customers or high achievers. There’s a selection of attractive gift packs featuring famous films quotes, and the cards can be charged with a cash amount you choose. They can use them on tickets, Gold Class, and even sweets and popcorn!
Minimum charge $15, maximum $1000. Valid for use at all EVENT Cinemas, Gold Class, Cinema Deluxe and Rialto Cinemas. Minimum purchase 50 Gift Cards.
▲Candy Combo Coupons (代金券)
Want them hungry for more Add the extra touch to your Movie Money gift by giving combo coupons (组合券). The receiver gets the choice of any two items from our selection small popcorn small soft drink or a choc-top ice cream, Perfect taste.
We’ve got great offers on bulk purchases, so ask us about it now.
Valid for 12 months from date of purchase. Valid for use at all EVENT Cinemas and Rialto Cinemas. The smallest quantity of purchase 100 coupons.
1. Which of the following groups is the advertisement NOT intended for .
A. Social clubs. B. Businesses. C. Families. D. Large groups.
2. What advantages do you get from having one of the Gift Cards
a. You get further discount on bulk purchases.
b. Your card is preloaded with a certain amount of cash.
c. You get the best discounts among the three promotions.
d. The cards can be used in many cinemas.
A. a, b B. b, c C. c, d D. b, d
3. What do the three promotions have in common
A. They all have a minimum purchase. B. They are all valid for 12 months.
C. They all need to be ordered ahead of time. D. They can all be used on tickets and food.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了EVENT影院为大批量购票提供的优惠价格、礼品卡作为奖励的用途、以及糖果组合代金券的购买和使用等信息，目的是吸引企业、社交俱乐部、大型团体和个人来购买电影票或礼品卡，从而推广其业务和服务。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“At EVENT Cinemas we offer a fantastic rate for bulk (大批的) ticket purchases, which are good for businesses, social clubs and large groups.(在EVENT影院，我们为大批量购票提供极好的价格，非常适合企业、社交俱乐部和大型团体。)”可知，EVENT影院提供的优惠价格、礼品卡和糖果组合代金券都是针对“企业、社交俱乐部和大型团体”的。然而，广告中并没有特别提到家庭（Families）作为目标群体，因此可以推断出广告并不是特别针对家庭的。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章▲Gift Cards-the perfect gift部分中的“There’s a selection of attractive gift packs featuring famous films quotes, and the cards can be charged with a cash amount you choose.(我们提供一系列带有著名电影台词的精美礼品套装，您可以选择充值金额。)”可知，b“Your card is preloaded with a certain amount of cash.(你的卡上已经预存了一定数额的现金。)”是正确的；再根据“Valid for use at all EVENT Cinemas, Gold Class, Cinema Deluxe and Rialto Cinemas. (在所有EVENT影院、金牌影院、影院豪华版和Rialto影院均有效。)”可知，d“The cards can be used in many cinemas(这些卡可以在许多电影院使用。)”是正确的。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章▲Boost business on the big screen部分中的“We offer our discounts on bulk ticket purchases of 100 tickets or more, so let the big screen boost your business and ask now with our Corporate Sales team(我们为100张或以上的批量购票提供折扣，因此让大屏幕助力您的业务，现在就咨询我们的企业销售团队吧。)”；▲Gift Cards-the perfect gift部分中的“Minimum purchase 50 Gift Cards (最低购买50张礼品卡。)”以及“▲Candy Combo Coupons (代金券)”部分中的“The smallest quantity of purchase 100 coupons.(最小购买量100张代金券。)”可知，文章中提到的三种促销方式都有一个最低购买量要求。故选A。
B
In 1868 six-year-old Laura Jernegan, her parents, and her baby brother, Prescott, set sail from New Bedford, Massachusetts. This was no vacation cruise. Laura’s father, captain of the whaleship Roman, was hunting the mightiest animal on earth.
Unwilling to be separated from his family for three to four years while he made ocean voyages thousands of miles from home, Captain Jernegan took them with him to share in the adventure—and the danger-of life at sea. In the mid-1800s, as many as one in six American whaling, captains took their families on voyages.
What was it like to live on a whaleship The diary Laura kept while she was at sea offers a look into her unusual childhood. She was fascinated by her father’s job. When the ship’s lookout spotted a whale, Laura recorded it in her diary. “I hope we shall get him,” she wrote.
She watched as the men rushed to their whaleboats and chased the whales. As soon as a whale was caught, the crew began to process it. First the crew “cut in” the whale by removing its thick blanket of blubber (鲸脂).
After throwing pieces of blubber into large pots, two men would “get in the pots and squish (挤) out the blubber,” Laura wrote. It must have been a strange sight because the sailors were “way up to their knees” in the greasy fat, she reported.
Now came the hot, smoky, and smelly par. A brick furnace (火炉) was fired up, and the blubber was tried out, or boiled into oil. One huge whale produced enough oil to fill seventy-five barrels, she noted in disbelief. When the Jernegans returned home, the oil would be sold for the best price possible. Whale oil was important during most of the nineteenth century. It was used to light lamps and to make candles.
Whaling was both exciting and exhausting. Yet it also had its slow moments, Weeks could go by without so much as a glimpse of a whale. Then Laura filled her days with school lessons and sewing.
When Laura was grown, she never went whaling again. By then, petrol had already replaced whale oil. This era, called the golden age of whaling, was over. So was the era of entire families going to sea. Yet Laura’s diary has helped to ensure that this chapter in America’s seafaring history won’t be forgotten.
4. Why did Laura set sail with her father
A. She was a keen observer and writer. B. She was fascinated by his father’s job.
C. His father would hunt the mightiest animal. D. Her father wanted the family to stay together.
5. What can we learn about processing the hunted whales
A. Laura offered help to the work. B. It was very hard and dirty work.
C. It started from boiling the blubber. D. The workers couldn’t stand the heat and bad smell.
6. What do we know from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4
A. Laura was tired of school lessons. B. Laura lost interest in whaling sometimes.
C. No whales could be spotted. D. The process of whaling was slow.
7. Which of the following words best describes Laura’s diary
A. Significant. B. Dreadful. C. Conventional. D. Practical.
【答案】4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Laura Jernegan及其家人在19世纪60年代乘坐鲸鱼船进行捕鲸的亲身经历，展现了当时捕鲸行业的场景和人们的生活状态。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Unwilling to be separated from his family for three to four years while he made ocean voyages thousands of miles from home, Captain Jernegan took them with him to share in the adventure—and the danger-of life at sea. (Jernegan船长不愿意在离家数千英里的海上航行中与家人分开三到四年，他带着他们一起分享海上生活的冒险和危险。)”可知，Jernegan不愿意在离家数千英里的海上航行三到四年时与家人分开，因此他带上了家人一同出海，以分享海上生活的冒险和危险。因此，Laura和她的家人一同出海是因为她的父亲希望家人能够在一起。故选D。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第四段“As soon as a whale was caught, the crew began to process it. First the crew “cut in” the whale by removing its thick blanket of blubber (鲸脂).( 首先，船员们通过去除厚厚的鲸脂“切入”鲸鱼。)”、第五段“After throwing pieces of blubber into large pots, two men would “get in the pots and squish (挤) out the blubber,” Laura wrote.(劳拉写道，把鲸脂扔进大锅后，两个男人会“钻进锅里，把鲸脂压扁”。)”以及第六段“Now came the hot, smoky, and smelly par. A brick furnace (火炉) was fired up, and the blubber was tried out, or boiled into oil.(现在到了又热又烟又臭的阶段。烧起了一个火炉，把鲸脂熬出来，或者煮成油。)”可知，处理鲸鱼是一项既辛苦又肮脏的工作。故选B。
【6题详解】
词句猜测题。根据划线句子下文“Weeks could go by without so much as a glimpse of a whale.(几个星期过去了，连鲸鱼的一瞥都看不到。)”可知，有时候几个星期都捕捉不到鲸鱼，由此可推测，划线句子指的是捕鲸的过程有时候也很缓慢。选项D“The process of whaling was slow.(捕鲸的过程很缓慢。)”与划线句子意思相似。故选D。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Yet Laura’s diary has helped to ensure that this chapter in America’s seafaring history won’t be forgotten.(然而，劳拉的日记有助于确保美国航海史上的这一篇章不会被遗忘。)”可知，劳拉的日记有助于确保美国航海史上的这一篇章不会被遗忘。由此可知，她的日记是非常重要的。故选A。
C
Plastic-Eating Worms
Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.
Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms’ chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass — apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms’ stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017.
Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms’ ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic. ＂Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well, ＂she explains, ＂The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. ＂
Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)
Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team’s findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply ＂millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.＂
8. What can we learn about the worms in the study
A. They take plastics as their everyday food.
B. They are newly evolved creatures.
C. They can consume plastics.
D. They wind up in landfills.
9. According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to .
A. identify other means of the breakdown
B. find out the source of the enzyme
C. confirm the research findings
D. increase the breakdown speed
10. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might .
A. help to raise worms
B. help make plastic bags
C. be used to clean the oceans
D. be produced in factories in future
11. What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To explain a study method on worms.
B. To introduce the diet of a special worm.
C. To present a way to break down plastics.
D. To propose new means to keep eco-balance.
【答案】8. C 9. B 10. D 11. C
【解析】
【分析】本文为说明文。文章介绍了一种吃塑料的虫子大蜡螟，它胃中的酶能够降解塑料，这为解决塑料污染提供了新的途径。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms’ ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic.可知，研究结果发现，蠕虫分解日常食物的能力让它们可以分解塑料，也就是说它们可以消费塑料。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四段The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物) 可知，下一步研究是辨清分解的原因，查明这种酶来源于哪里，是虫子自己产生的还是它肠道里的微生物产生的。故选B。
【10题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply ＂millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.＂可以推断出，Bertocchini希望这种化学物质将来能在工业生产中使用，而不是仅仅依靠蠕虫来分解塑料。故选D。
【11题详解】
写作意图题。根据文章第一段最后一句So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.可知，有一种新的方法被用于分解塑料。再根据最后一段最后一句But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply ＂millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.＂可知，Bertocchini希望将这种方法推广到工业中。由此可以推知写作意图为介绍一种分解塑料的方法。故选C。
点睛：根据不同文体，推断目的意图。不同的文章可能有不同的写作目的，通常作者的写作目的有以下三种：1) to entertain readers（娱乐读者，让人发笑），常见于故事类的文章。2) to persuade readers（说服读者接受某种观点），常见于广告类的文章。3) to inform readers（告知读者某些信息），多见于科普类﹑新闻报道类﹑文化类或社会类的文章。阅读时要善于根据文章的文体来学会推断作者的情感态度和目的。本题的最后一题为写作意图题。文章为说明文，主要介绍了一项新的研究发现---蠕虫可以分解塑料。因此可以推着写作意图是告知、告诉读者一种新的分解塑料的方法。
D
Yawning sends out certain messages-it can be either “oh, this movie is so boring” or “I probably need to get some sleep”. But did you know that a yawn can also help your brain to cool down when it is overheated
A new study, led by. Andrew Gallup from Princeton University and Omar Eldakar from the University of Arizona, both in the US, has indicated that yawning could be the brain’s natural way of regulating temperature. People yawn more often when the temperature outdoors is lower than their body temperature but are less likely to yawn when it is hotter outdoors, according to Sciencedaily.com.
The research team did an experiment on 160 people, 80 in summer and 80 in winter, to examine how often they yawned at different air temperatures. The study found that people yawned more often in winter than in summer. Scientists say that when the air temperature is lower outside the body, there is heat exchange between the overheated brain and the cool air. But when the air temperature is higher than or equal to the body, people are less likely to yawn because the hot air they breathe in will make the brain even hotter.
When people yawn, their jaw is also stretched (拉伸), which enhances blood f low and may also help cool the brain.
The study showed that the amount someone yawned could be related to the amount of time they spent outside. The longer people spent outside in summer, the less they yawned. Nearly 40 percent of participants yawned within their first five minutes outside, but after that the percentage was reduced to less than 10 percent.
However the result was the opposite in winter. The number of people who yawned increased when they spent more than five minutes outdoors. But the change was only slight compared to summertime.
According to Gallup, this is the first report to show that yawning frequencies change depending on season. This could help us to better understand the way our brains work. It may also help us understand the reason why frequent yawning can sometimes be a sign of brain disease.
12. What happens when people yawn
A. Their brains feel cooler. B. They avoid feeling bored.
C. Their blood flow slows down. D. Their brains feel more energetic.
13. What can we conclude from the new study
A. The longer people spend outside in winter, the less they yawn.
B. People have different yawning frequencies in different seasons.
C. Yawning is designed to help the body cool down in hot weather.
D. There’s a bigger change in yawning frequencies in winter than in summer.
14. Which is Gallup’s opinion about yawning in the last paragraph
A. Yawning reduces the risk of brain disease.
B. Stopping yawning halfway harms the human brain.
C. It’s better to stay indoors more if they yawn a lot.
D. Yawning often means something is wrong with the brain.
15. What do we learn from the article
A. People yawn more in cold weather. B. People yawn when they feel exhausted.
C. People yawn so their brains can get a rest. D. People stop yawning when they move outdoors.
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. D 15. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一项打哈欠频率的研究表明打哈欠可能是大脑调节温度的自然方式，当外面的温度比身体的温度低的时候，人们就会打哈欠，打哈欠可以让人的大脑冷静下来。
【12题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“a yawn can also help your brain to cool down when it is overheated”（哈欠也可以在大脑过热时帮助其冷却下来）可知，当人们打哈欠时，他们的大脑会感到更凉爽。故选A。
【13题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第五段“The study showed that the amount someone yawned could be related to the amount of time they spent outside. The longer people spent outside in summer, the less they yawned. However, the result was the opposite in winter.”（研究显示，一个人打哈欠的次数可能与他们在外面待的时间有关。人们在夏天外面待的时间越长，打哈欠的次数就越少。然而，冬天的结果却恰恰相反。）可知，人们在不同季节打哈欠的频率是不同的。故选B。
【14题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“According to Gallup, this is the first report to show that yawning frequencies change depending on season. This could help us to better understand the way our brains work. It may also help us understand the reason why frequent yawning can sometimes be a sign of brain disease.”（根据Gallup的调查，这是第一份报告显示，打哈欠的频率会随季节的变化而变化。这可能有助于我们更好地理解我们的大脑是如何工作的。它也可能帮助我们理解为什么频繁的打哈欠有时可能是大脑疾病的一个信号。）可知，Gallup认为频繁的打哈欠可能意味着大脑有问题。故选D。
【15题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三段“The study found that people yawned more often in winter than in summer.”（研究发现，人们在冬天比夏天打哈欠的次数更多。）可知，人们在寒冷的天气中打哈欠的次数更多。故选A。
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Healing Power of Humor
As a heart doctor, I have to deliver a lot of bad news. ____16____ Not only can it help lift patients’ spirits up, but it actually helps them recover faster. There is tons of scientific evidence that patients who are depressed after heart operations have a higher death rate, and optimistic patients have significantly fewer wound infections. Laughter can cultivate that optimism, and it truly is the best medicine in many ways:
It relaxes patients.
Medical operations usually make patients feel nervous. Some may sweat, have chest pain and feel unusually strong or irregular heartbeats. ____17____ When people use humor, the nervous system just tones down a bit, and that allows the heart to relax.
It calms fear.
People are scared of their bodies. Humor can crack through the ice and take the fear away. For example, I have to tell patients about the risk of cognitive impairment (认知损伤) after operations. ____18____ So I tell them in a humorous way that it’s usually just like forgetting second grade. People understand what that means, and it doesn’t seem quite as frightening.
____19____
After open-heart operation, a patient might say, “Doctor, my chest really hurts.” And I’ll smile and say, “Oh, does it feel like someone opened you up, cut the bone and operated in there ” That fells them the pain is normal and they are going to be fine. So they take their minds off their troubles and worry less.
It helps doctors.
____20____ When we give the news, we are supposed to help patients in a humane way. A good sense of humor is just like a weapon, and it can beat the difficult situation. As a matter of fact, humor benefits doctors as well. Plus, it is a better way to enjoy life.
A It removes pain.
B. It eases worries.
C. Humor is a wonderful tool.
D. They’re terrified, fearing the worst.
E. Laughter changes our body chemistry.
F. Breaking bad news is never a pleasant task.
G. Others may even feel like they are choking.
【答案】16. C 17. G 18. D 19. B 20. F
【解析】
【导语】本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了幽默的治愈力，它能够使病人放松，平息恐惧，减轻忧虑以及帮助医生。
【16题详解】
根据下文“Not only can it help lift patients’ spirits up, but it actually helps them recover faster.”（它不仅能帮助病人振作精神，而且还能帮助他们更快地康复。）可知，幽默是一个很好的工具。It指代的是Humor。故C选项“幽默是一个很好的工具”切题。故选C项。
【17题详解】
上文“Medical operations usually make patients feel nervous. Some may sweat, have chest pain and feel unusually strong or irregular heartbeats. (医疗手术通常会让患者感到紧张。有些人可能会出汗、胸痛、心跳异常强烈或不规则)”指出医疗手术会让患者感到紧张，并具体指出了有些人紧张的表现，空处承接上文，指出其他人紧张的表现，F项“其他人甚至可能感觉自己窒息。”符合，some和others相呼应，故选G。
【18题详解】
根据上文“For example, I have to tell patients about the risk of cognitive impairment (认知损伤) after operations.”（例如，我必须告诉病人手术后认知损伤的风险）可知，选项承接上文说明医生告诉病人病情后的心理反应。故D选项“他们很害怕，害怕最坏的情况”切题。故选D项。
【19题详解】
根据下文“That fells them the pain is normal and they are going to be fine. So they take their minds off their troubles and worry less.”（这告诉他们疼痛是正常的，他们会好起来的。所以他们把他们的烦恼和担心少了。）可知，本段在说幽默减少了担忧。故B选项“幽默减少了担忧”切题，为本段的小标题。故选B项。
【20题详解】
根据本段标题“It helps doctors.(它对医生有帮助)”可知，幽默可以帮助医生，下文“When we give the news, we are supposed to help patients in a human way. (当我们公布这个消息时，我们应该以人性化的方式帮助患者)”指出当医生公布坏消息时，应该以人性化的方式帮助患者，这是因为公布坏消息是令人不愉快的，F项“公布坏消息从来都不是一件令人愉快的任务”符合，和下文是因果关系，故选F。
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以投入空白处的最佳选项。
Ciudad Perdida, Colombia’s “Lost City” is older than Machu Picchu. There are no trains or buses allowing of ____21____ travels to reach its ruins. The remote place is only ____22____ on foot: a tiring multi-day hike.
Despite this, I couldn’t ____23____ the opportunity to visit Ciudad Perdida. 12 other hikers and I went there in ____24____ with a licensed guide. The dirt path, which ____25____ through towering palms and dangling vines (藤蔓), proved ____26____ right from the start. Along the way we also met the ____27____. They have been left ____28____ for centuries and there’s a deep bond between them and the land.
The next morning, we were off early to ____29____ the heat, but high temperatures and muscle pain had already set in by the time we reached the final stage—1,200 stone steps to _____30_____. After finally lifting my painful body up the long flight of stairs, my eyes _____31_____ the scene that had _____32_____ the backbreaking journey: Ciudad Perdida.
I looked down and wondered at the beautiful site below. While the return trip included _____33_____ the mental hurdle (障碍) of having already accomplished our goal, the experience is the one I would do _____34_____. It is the difficulty that makes the journey a more _____35_____ one. Earned views are always better.
21. A. long B. endless C. frequent D. easy
22. A. impressive B. accessible C. worthwhile D. genuine
23. A. resist B. obtain C. promote D. find
24. A. company B. combination C. harmony D. communication
25. A. buried B. spread C. come D. wound
26 A. disappointing B. embarrassing C. challenging D. awe-inspiring
27. A. natives B. visitors C. guides D. drivers
28. A. undoubted B. unsuspected C. undisturbed D. uninvolved
29. A. reduce B. beat C. test D. feel
30. A. construct B. cross C. cover D. explore
31. A. stuck on , B. rested on C. related to D. adapted to
32. A. convinced B. predicted C. motivated D. simplified
33. A. overcoming B. memorizing C. observing D. fixing
34. A. otherwise B. again C. though D. instead
35. A. rewarding B. sensitive C. popular D. flexible
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. A 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. A
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇游记。文章主要描述了作者访问哥伦比亚“失落之城”Ciudad Perdida的经历，包括旅途的艰辛、所见所感以及最终到达目的地的喜悦。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：没有火车或公共汽车可以轻易地到达它的废墟。A. long长的；B. endless无尽的；C. frequent频繁的；D. easy轻松的、轻易的。根据下文“The remote place is only ____2____ on foot: a tiring multi-day hike.”可知，没有轻易到达这个废墟的方式。故选D。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这个偏远的地方只能徒步到达：这是一次累人的长途跋涉。A. impressive印象深刻的；B. accessible可进入的、可到达的；C. worthwhile值得的；D. genuine真诚的。根据上文“There are no trains or buses allowing of ____1____ travels to reach its ruins.”可知，这个地方只能通过徒步到达。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：尽管如此，我还是无法抗拒参观Ciudad Perdida的机会，我和其他12名徒步旅行者在有执照的导游的陪同下去了那里。A. resist抵制；B. obtain获得；C. promote促进、提升；D. find找到。根据下文“12 other hikers and I went there in ____4____ with a licensed guide.”可知，作者还是步行去了那个废墟，由此可知，作者无法抗拒前往这个废墟的机会。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：尽管如此，我还是无法抗拒参观Ciudad Perdida的机会，我和其他12名徒步旅行者在有执照的导游的陪同下去了那里。A. company公司、陪伴；B. combination结合；C. harmony和谐；D. communication交流。根据空后的“a licensed guide”以及作者是徒步前往废墟可知，作者和其他12人是在导游的陪同下去了废墟；短语：in company with，意为“在……的陪伴下”，符合句意。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：那条蜿蜒曲折、穿过高耸的棕榈树和悬挂的藤蔓的泥土小路，从一开始就充满了挑战。A. buried埋葬；B. spread传播；C. come来；D. wound蜿蜒。根据主语“The dirt path”以及空后的“through towering palms and dangling vines (藤蔓)”可推测，空处指的是这条路蜿蜒曲折穿过高耸的棕榈树和悬挂的藤蔓。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那条蜿蜒曲折、穿过高耸的棕榈树和悬挂的藤蔓的泥土小路，从一开始就充满了挑战。A. disappointing令人失望的；B. embarrassing令人尴尬的；C. challenging具有挑战的；D. awe-inspiring令人敬畏的。根据下文“but high temperatures and muscle pain had already set in by the time we reached the final stage”可知，这次的徒步之旅充满了挑战。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：在路上，我们还遇到了土著居民。A. natives本地人；B. visitors游客；C. guides导游；D. drivers司机。根据下文“They have been left ____8____ for centuries and there’s a deep bond between them and the land.”可知，作者他们在徒步旅途中遇到的是当地的土著居民。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们已经几个世纪没有受到打扰，与这片土地有着深厚的联系。A. undoubted毫无疑问的；B. unsuspected未被怀疑的；C. undisturbed未受干扰的；D. uninvolved未受累的。根据上文内容可知，作者他们所走的路穿过高耸的棕榈树和悬挂的藤蔓，由此可知，这条路少有人走 ；再根据常识可知，这些土著居民已经很久没有受到打扰。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上，为了避开高温，我们早早就出发了，但当我们到达最后一个阶段——要走1200级石阶时，高温和肌肉酸痛已经开始了。A. reduce减少；B. beat打败、抢在 ……之前；C. test测试；D. feel感到。根据空后的“the heat”以及空前的“we were off early”可推测，作者他们很早出发是为了抢在高温之前，也就是为了避开高温。故选B。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上，为了避开高温，我们早早就出发了，但当我们到达最后一个阶段——要走1200级石阶时，高温和肌肉酸痛已经开始了。A. construct建造；B. cross穿过；C. cover覆盖、报道、走过；D. explore探索。根据空前的“we reached the final stage—1,200 stone steps”可知，作者还有1200级台阶走完就到达目的地了。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：在终于痛苦地爬上长长的楼梯后，我的目光落在了激发了我这趟艰苦旅行的场景上：Ciudad Perdida。A. stuck on粘上、坚持；B. rested on依靠、停留；C. related to和……有关；D. adapted to适应。根据下文“the scene that had ____12____ the backbreaking journey: Ciudad Perdida.”可推测，作者爬完了1200级台阶后就看到了Ciudad Perdida的景色。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在终于痛苦地爬上长长的楼梯后，我的目光落在了激发了我这趟艰苦旅行的场景上：Ciudad Perdida。A. convinced说服、使相信；B. predicted预测；C. motivated激励；D. simplified简化。根据上文“Despite this, I couldn’t ____3____ the opportunity to visit Ciudad Perdida.”可知，Ciudad Perdida的美景激励了作者的徒步之旅。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然返程需要克服已经实现目标的心理障碍，但这段经历我愿意再经历一次。A. overcoming克服；B. memorizing记得；C. observing观察、庆祝；D. fixing修理。根据句意可知，空处指的是“克服”空后的宾语“the mental hurdle (障碍) of having already accomplished our goal”。返程需要克服这种已经实现目标的心理障碍。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：虽然返程需要克服已经实现目标的心理障碍，但这段经历我愿意再经历一次。A. otherwise要不然、否则；B. again再、又；C. though然而；D. instead反而。根据状语从句“While the return trip included ____13____ the mental hurdle (障碍) of having already accomplished our goal”所包含的转折关系可推测，尽管返程需要克服这种已经实现目标的心理障碍，作者还是愿意再经历一次。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：正是这些困难让旅程变得更加值得。A. rewarding有报酬的、值得的；B. sensitive敏感的；C. popular受欢迎的；流行的；D. flexible灵活的。根据上文内容可知，作者愿意再经历一次这次的徒步之旅，由此可推测，作者认为困难让这次徒步之旅更加值得。故选A。
第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The food commonly associated with Qingming Festival is Qingtuan, a glutinous rice dumpling dyed green with mug-wort (艾蒿) juice or wormwood grass. The tradition of serving Qingtuan at Qingming Festival is believed ____36____ (date) back to the Zhou Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, ____37____ the food was a common ritual (仪式) ____38____ memory of the ancestors.
Up to now, the practice has stood ____39____ test of time. Time-honoured brands of Qingtuan have struggled to show off their inventiveness. In recent years, Chinese consumers have gone wild for time-honoured brands of Qingtuan. Before Qingming Festival, customers stand in lines stretching down city blocks, ____40____ (wait) to get a taste of these variations before they sell out. Despite their smallest similarity to the classic variety, many people still believe that the ____41____ (innovate) helps to keep the ancient food tradition alive by getting younger people interested in them. Time-honored brands need to stay fresh by evolution and novelty. Otherwise, they’ll get ____42____ (leave) behind by more creative brands.
However, many Chinese people ____43____ (simple) aren’t interested in the debate about ____44____ these novel products are appealing or objectionable. Many are quietly used to eating Qingtuan the way they _____45_____ (serve) for hundreds, or thousands of years.
【答案】36. to date
37. when 38. in
39. the 40. waiting
41. innovation
42. left 43. simply
44. whether
45. have been served
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍的是与清明节相关的一种美食——青团的相关信息。
【36题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：清明节吃青团的传统被认为可以追溯到两千多年前的周朝，当时这种食物是纪念祖先的一种常见仪式。分析句子结构可知，此处为“sb./sth. be believed to do sth.”结构，意为“某人或某物被认为……”，由此可知，此处应为不定式形式，且date back to 意为“追溯到”只能表示主动意义，结合句意可知，此处描述的是现在的客观事实，所以使用不定式的一般形式。故填to date。
【37题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：明节吃青团传统被认为可以追溯到两千多年前的周朝，当时这种食物是纪念祖先的一种常见仪式。分析句子结构可知，此处为连词引导的非限制性定语从句，先行词为“more than two thousand years ago”表示时间，且从句中不缺少主语和宾语，所以使用关系副词when。故填when。
【38题详解】
考查介词。句意：明节吃青团的传统被认为可以追溯到两千多年前的周朝，当时这种食物是纪念祖先的一种常见仪式。in memory of纪念，为固定短语。故填in。
【39题详解】
考查谓语动词。句意：到目前为止，这种做法经受住了时间的考验。特指时间的考验，定冠词用the。故填the。
【40题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：清明节前，顾客们排起长队，排到城市的各个街区，等着在卖光之前品尝这些口味各异的月饼。分析句子结构可知，此处应为非谓语动词作状语，与句子主语customers之间为逻辑主动关系，且与谓语动词stand 同时进行。故填waiting。
【41题详解】
考查名词。句意：尽管它们与经典品种的相似性最小，但许多人仍然认为，这种创新有助于保持古老的食物传统，让年轻人对它们感兴趣。分析句子结构可知，此处应为名词作主语，innovate的名词为innovation，且句子谓语为第三人称单数，所以此处应为名词单数。故填innovation。
【42题详解】
考查非谓语。句意：否则，他们就会被更有创意的品牌甩在后面。They与leave behind为被动关系，所以用过去分词形式。故填left。
【43题详解】
考查副词。句意：然而，许多中国人对这些新产品是吸引人还是令人反感的争论并不感兴趣。分析句子结构可知，此处应为副词作状语，修饰谓语动词，simple的副词形式为simply。故填simply。
【44题详解】
考查宾语从句。句意：许多人已经习惯了几百年甚至几千年的青团吃法。分析句子结构可知，此处应为连词，在介词引导的是宾语从句，从句中不缺少主语和宾语，结合句意可知，此处表示的是“是否”应使用whether。故填whether。
【45题详解】
考查时态语态。句意：许多人已经悄悄地习惯了吃青团的方式，这种方式已经流传了数百年，甚至数千年。根据for hundreds, or thousands of years可知，本句为现在完成时，主语they与serve为被动关系，用现在完成时的被动语态。故填have been served。
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 上周末你参加了校学生会组织的“认识我们身边的植物”活动。请为校英文报写篇报道，内容包括：
1. 活动的过程；
2. 收获与感想。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Getting to Know the Plants Around Us
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】 Getting to Know the Plants Around Us
Last weekend, I participated in a “Getting to Know the Plants Around Us” activity organised by our Students’ Union.
The activity began with a lecture by a local botanist, who taught us about the different characteristics and uses of various plant species. We then went on a natural walk to observe and collect samples of different plants. Throughout the event, I was struck by the incredible variety of plants that exist in our world and learned about plants that are used for medical purposes, as well as those that provide food and shelter for animals. I also gained a greater appreciation for the role that plants play in maintaining the balance of our ecosystem.
Overall, it was a valuable and enriching experience.
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生为校英文报写篇报道，介绍上周末校学生会组织的“认识我们身边的植物”活动。
【详解】1. 词汇积累
参与：participate in → attend
开始：begin → start
观察，调查：observe → survey
震惊：strike → astonish/surprise
2. 句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句： Last weekend, I participated in a “Getting to Know the Plants Around Us” activity organised by our Students’ Union.
拓展句： Last weekend, I participated in a “Getting to Know the Plants Around Us” activity organised by our Students’ Union, which benefited me a lot.
【点睛】【高分句型1】The activity began with a lecture by a local botanist, who taught us about the different characteristics and uses of various plant species.（运用了who引导的非限制性定语从句）
【高分句型2】Throughout the event, I was struck by the incredible variety of plants that exist in our world and learned about plants that are used for medical purposes, as well as those that provide food and shelter for animals.（运用了一般过去时的被动语态和定语从句）
第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I was invited to a cookout on an old friend’s farm in western Washington. I parked my car outside the farm and walked past a milking house which had apparently not been used in many years. A noise at a window caught my attention, so I entered it. It was a hummingbird (蜂鸟), desperately trying to escape. She was covered in spider-webs (蛛网) and was barely able to move her wings. She ceased her struggle the instant I picked her up.
With the bird in my cupped hand, I looked around to see how she had gotten in. The broken window glass was the likely answer. I stuffed a piece of cloth into the hole and took her outside, closing the door securely behind me.
When I opened my hand, the bird did not fly away; she sat looking at me with her bright eyes. I removed the sticky spider-webs that covered her head and wings. Still, she made no attempt to fly. Perhaps she had been struggling against the window too long and was too tired Or too thirsty
As I carried her up the blackberry-lined path toward my car where I kept a water bottle, she began to move. I stopped, and she soon took wing but did not immediately fly away.
Hovering (悬停), she approached within six inches of my face. For a very long moment, this tiny creature looked into my eyes, turning her head from side to side. Then she flew quickly out of sight.
During the cookout, I told my hosts about the hummingbird incident. They promised to fix the window. As I was departing, my friends walked me to my car. I was standing by the car when a hummingbird flew to the center of our group and began hovering. She turned from person to person until she came to me. She again looked directly into my eyes, then let out a squeaking call and was gone. For a moment, all were speechless. Then someone said, “She must have come to say goodbye.”
注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
A few weeks later, I went to the farm again.
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I was just about to leave when the hummingbird appeared.
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【答案】
A few weeks later, I went to the farm again. As my car neared it my thoughts drifted back to the moment when I rescued the hummingbird from the spider’s web. I rushed back to the deserted house. It was a great comfort that the original hole in the window was nowhere to be found. Leaving the house, I couldn’t help wondering how it was getting on now. Had it managed to find its way back home, or was it still out there somewhere struggling to survive
I was just about to leave when the hummingbird appeared. A flash of movement caught my attention. I turned around to see the same hummingbird hovering in the air. It seemed that the bird was waiting for me, its beady eyes locked on mine as if trying to convey some deep, unspoken gratitude. I felt a surge of relief and awe at the sight of this sound and grateful creature, and I knew that I would always cherish the memories we shared as I climbed into my car and drove away.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者被邀请去一个农场野餐，发现一个房子里有只蜂鸟被蜘蛛网困住了，作者把蜂鸟救了，把蜂鸟带出去的时候它迟迟不肯走，当作者走到一条布满黑莓的小路时，它开始动了，但是却不肯飞走，徘徊着，后来终于飞走了，当作者准备离开时，蜂鸟又飞到作者面前，好像是在和作者告别。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“几个星期后，我又去了农场。”可知，第一段可描写作者回到农场时所看到的和所想到的。
②由第二段首句内容“我正要离开，这时蜂鸟出现了。”可知，第二段可描写蜂鸟是如何对作者的以及作者的感想。
2.续写线索：想起救蜂鸟的时候——回到那个房子——想到那只蜂鸟——看见蜂鸟——蜂鸟的表现——作者的感想
3.词汇激活
行为类
①思绪回到……：thoughts drift back to/thoughts return to
②匆匆回到：rush back to/hurry back to
③盯着：eyes locked on/eyes staring at
情绪类
①宽慰：feel a surge of relief/feel relieved
②感激：grateful/thankful
【点睛】[高分句型1] As my car neared it my thoughts drifted back to the moment when I rescued the hummingbird from the spider’s web. (由as引导的时间状语从句和when引导的限制性定语从句)
[高分句型2] It was a great comfort that the original hole in the window was nowhere to be found. (由that引导的主语从句)川大附中2022级高二半期考试试题
高二英语
（时间：120分钟 分值150分）
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. In a dormitory. B. In a restaurant. C. In a supermarket.
2. How will they go to the mall
A. By bus. B. By car. C. By taxi.
3. What sport does the man prefer
A. Tennis. B. Soccer. C. Basketball.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A Boss and secretary. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.
5. When should they arrive at the party
A. At 6:45. B. At 7:15. C. At 7:30.
第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. How many fitness stores are there
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
7. When will they go to the mall
A. In the evening. B. On a weekday. C. Over the weekend…
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. When is the man available to help Jennifer
A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Sunday.
9. What does Jennifer need help with
A Going to the post office. B. Packing her belongings. C. Teaching classes.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why does. Teresa feel better when she cleans
A. It clears her mind. B. It makes her feel fulfilled. C. It keeps her distracted.
11. How does Alex deal with stress on rainy days
A. By going to the gym. B. By taking a nap. C. By jogging outdoors.
12. What does Teresa prefer to listen to when she has low energy and is cleaning
A. Music. B. Podcasts. C. Audiobooks.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man typically do after waking up on weekends
A. Plan the day. B. Go for a walk. C. Drink coffee.
14. How does the man decide what to do on weekends
A. By evaluating his feelings.
B. By following a detailed schedule.
C. By asking friends for suggestions.
15. How does the man usually spend his Sundays
A. Partying with friends. B. Going hiking in nature. C. Staying with his family.
16. What activity-do the man and his family sometimes enjoy on Family Day
A. Having a picnic. B. Going to the beach. C. Chatting and drinking.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17 What do we know about the speaker
A. She was highly competitive.
B. She enjoyed playing the guitar.
C. She majored in photography.
18. How did the speaker feel about failing her first exam at university
A. Calm. B. Annoyed. C. Disappointed.
19. How did the speaker improve her memory
A. By drawing mind maps. B. By employing st icky notes. C. By attending yoga classes.
20. What does the speaker mainly talk about
A. Personal growth. B. Learning strategies. C. Healthy lifestyles.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、EC和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答读卡上将该项涂黑。
A
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1. Which of the following groups is the advertisement NOT intended for .
A. Social clubs. B. Businesses. C. Families. D. Large groups.
2. What advantages do you get from having one of the Gift Cards
a. You get further discount on bulk purchases.
b Your card is preloaded with a certain amount of cash.
c. You get the best discounts among the three promotions.
d. The cards can be used in many cinemas.
A. a, b B. b, c C. c, d D. b, d
3. What do the three promotions have in common
A. They all have a minimum purchase. B. They are all valid for 12 months.
C. They all need to be ordered ahead of time. D. They can all be used on tickets and food.
B
In 1868 six-year-old Laura Jernegan, her parents, and her baby brother, Prescott, set sail from New Bedford, Massachusetts. This was no vacation cruise. Laura’s father, captain of the whaleship Roman, was hunting the mightiest animal on earth.
Unwilling to be separated from his family for three to four years while he made ocean voyages thousands of miles from home, Captain Jernegan took them with him to share in the adventure—and the danger-of life at sea. In the mid-1800s, as many as one in six American whaling, captains took their families on voyages.
What was it like to live on a whaleship The diary Laura kept while she was at sea offers a look into her unusual childhood. She was fascinated by her father’s job. When the ship’s lookout spotted a whale, Laura recorded it in her diary. “I hope we shall get him,” she wrote.
She watched as the men rushed to their whaleboats and chased the whales. As soon as a whale was caught, the crew began to process it. First the crew “cut in” the whale by removing its thick blanket of blubber (鲸脂).
After throwing pieces of blubber into large pots, two men would “get in the pots and squish (挤) out the blubber,” Laura wrote. It must have been a strange sight because the sailors were “way up to their knees” in the greasy fat, she reported.
Now came the hot, smoky, and smelly par. A brick furnace (火炉) was fired up, and the blubber was tried out, or boiled into oil. One huge whale produced enough oil to fill seventy-five barrels, she noted in disbelief. When the Jernegans returned home, the oil would be sold for the best price possible. Whale oil was important during most of the nineteenth century. It was used to light lamps and to make candles.
Whaling was both exciting and exhausting. Yet it also had its slow moments, Weeks could go by without so much as a glimpse of a whale. Then Laura filled her days with school lessons and sewing.
When Laura was grown, she never went whaling again. By then, petrol had already replaced whale oil. This era, called the golden age of whaling, was over. So was the era of entire families going to sea. Yet Laura’s diary has helped to ensure that this chapter in America’s seafaring history won’t be forgotten.
4. Why did Laura set sail with her father
A. She was a keen observer and writer. B. She was fascinated by his father’s job.
C. His father would hunt the mightiest animal. D. Her father wanted the family to stay together.
5. What can we learn about processing the hunted whales
A. Laura offered help to the work. B. It was very hard and dirty work.
C. It started from boiling the blubber. D. The workers couldn’t stand the heat and bad smell.
6. What do we know from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4
A. Laura was tired of school lessons. B. Laura lost interest in whaling sometimes.
C. No whales could be spotted. D. The process of whaling was slow.
7. Which of the following words best describes Laura’s diary
A. Significant. B. Dreadful. C. Conventional. D. Practical.
C
Plastic-Eating Worms
Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.
Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms’ chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass — apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms’ stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017.
Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms’ ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic. ＂Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well, ＂she explains, ＂The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. ＂
Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)
Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team’s findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply ＂millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.＂
8. What can we learn about the worms in the study
A. They take plastics as their everyday food.
B. They are newly evolved creatures.
C. They can consume plastics.
D. They wind up in landfills.
9. According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to .
A. identify other means of the breakdown
B. find out the source of the enzyme
C. confirm the research findings
D. increase the breakdown speed
10. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might .
A. help to raise worms
B. help make plastic bags
C. be used to clean the oceans
D. be produced in factories in future
11. What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To explain a study method on worms.
B. To introduce the diet of a special worm.
C. To present a way to break down plastics.
D. To propose new means to keep eco-balance.
D
Yawning sends out certain messages-it can be either “oh, this movie is so boring” or “I probably need to get some sleep”. But did you know that a yawn can also help your brain to cool down when it is overheated
A new study, led by. Andrew Gallup from Princeton University and Omar Eldakar from the University of Arizona, both in the US, has indicated that yawning could be the brain’s natural way of regulating temperature. People yawn more often when the temperature outdoors is lower than their body temperature but are less likely to yawn when it is hotter outdoors, according to Sciencedaily.com.
The research team did an experiment on 160 people, 80 in summer and 80 in winter, to examine how often they yawned at different air temperatures. The study found that people yawned more often in winter than in summer. Scientists say that when the air temperature is lower outside the body, there is heat exchange between the overheated brain and the cool air. But when the air temperature is higher than or equal to the body, people are less likely to yawn because the hot air they breathe in will make the brain even hotter.
When people yawn, their jaw is also stretched (拉伸), which enhances blood f low and may also help cool the brain.
The study showed that the amount someone yawned could be related to the amount of time they spent outside. The longer people spent outside in summer, the less they yawned. Nearly 40 percent of participants yawned within their first five minutes outside, but after that the percentage was reduced to less than 10 percent.
However, the result was the opposite in winter. The number of people who yawned increased when they spent more than five minutes outdoors. But the change was only slight compared to summertime.
According to Gallup, this is the first report to show that yawning frequencies change depending on season. This could help us to better understand the way our brains work. It may also help us understand the reason why frequent yawning can sometimes be a sign of brain disease.
12. What happens when people yawn
A. Their brains feel cooler. B. They avoid feeling bored.
C Their blood flow slows down. D. Their brains feel more energetic.
13. What can we conclude from the new study
A. The longer people spend outside in winter, the less they yawn.
B. People have different yawning frequencies in different seasons.
C. Yawning is designed to help the body cool down in hot weather.
D. There’s a bigger change in yawning frequencies in winter than in summer.
14. Which is Gallup’s opinion about yawning in the last paragraph
A. Yawning reduces the risk of brain disease.
B. Stopping yawning halfway harms the human brain.
C. It’s better to stay indoors more if they yawn a lot.
D. Yawning often means something is wrong with the brain.
15. What do we learn from the article
A. People yawn more in cold weather. B. People yawn when they feel exhausted.
C. People yawn so their brains can get a rest. D. People stop yawning when they move outdoors.
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Healing Power of Humor
As a heart doctor, I have to deliver a lot of bad news. ____16____ Not only can it help lift patients’ spirits up, but it actually helps them recover faster. There is tons of scientific evidence that patients who are depressed after heart operations have a higher death rate, and optimistic patients have significantly fewer wound infections. Laughter can cultivate that optimism, and it truly is the best medicine in many ways:
It relaxes patients.
Medical operations usually make patients feel nervous. Some may sweat, have chest pain and feel unusually strong or irregular heartbeats. ____17____ When people use humor, the nervous system just tones down a bit, and that allows the heart to relax.
It calms fear.
People are scared of their bodies. Humor can crack through the ice and take the fear away. For example, I have to tell patients about the risk of cognitive impairment (认知损伤) after operations. ____18____ So I tell them in a humorous way that it’s usually just like forgetting second grade. People understand what that means, and it doesn’t seem quite as frightening.
____19____
After open-heart operation, a patient might say, “Doctor, my chest really hurts.” And I’ll smile and say, “Oh, does it feel like someone opened you up, cut the bone and operated in there ” That fells them the pain is normal and they are going to be fine. So they take their minds off their troubles and worry less.
It helps doctors.
____20____ When we give the news, we are supposed to help patients in a humane way. A good sense of humor is just like a weapon, and it can beat the difficult situation. As a matter of fact, humor benefits doctors as well. Plus, it is a better way to enjoy life.
A. It removes pain.
B. It eases worries.
C. Humor is a wonderful tool.
D. They’re terrified, fearing the worst.
E. Laughter changes our body chemistry.
F. Breaking bad news is never a pleasant task.
G. Others may even feel like they are choking.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以投入空白处的最佳选项。
Ciudad Perdida, Colombia’s “Lost City” is older than Machu Picchu. There are no trains or buses allowing of ____21____ travels to reach its ruins. The remote place is only ____22____ on foot: a tiring multi-day hike.
Despite this, I couldn’t ____23____ the opportunity to visit Ciudad Perdida. 12 other hikers and I went there in ____24____ with a licensed guide. The dirt path, which ____25____ through towering palms and dangling vines (藤蔓), proved ____26____ right from the start. Along the way we also met the ____27____. They have been left ____28____ for centuries and there’s a deep bond between them and the land.
The next morning, we were off early to ____29____ the heat, but high temperatures and muscle pain had already set in by the time we reached the final stage—1,200 stone steps to _____30_____. After finally lifting my painful body up the long flight of stairs, my eyes _____31_____ the scene that had _____32_____ the backbreaking journey: Ciudad Perdida.
I looked down and wondered at the beautiful site below. While the return trip included _____33_____ the mental hurdle (障碍) of having already accomplished our goal, the experience is the one I would do _____34_____. It is the difficulty that makes the journey a more _____35_____ one. Earned views are always better.
21. A. long B. endless C. frequent D. easy
22. A. impressive B. accessible C. worthwhile D. genuine
23. A. resist B. obtain C. promote D. find
24. A. company B. combination C. harmony D. communication
25. A. buried B. spread C. come D. wound
26. A. disappointing B. embarrassing C. challenging D. awe-inspiring
27. A. natives B. visitors C. guides D. drivers
28. A. undoubted B. unsuspected C. undisturbed D. uninvolved
29. A. reduce B. beat C. test D. feel
30. A. construct B. cross C. cover D. explore
31. A. stuck on , B. rested on C. related to D. adapted to
32. A. convinced B. predicted C. motivated D. simplified
33. A. overcoming B. memorizing C. observing D. fixing
34. A. otherwise B. again C. though D. instead
35. A. rewarding B. sensitive C. popular D. flexible
第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The food commonly associated with Qingming Festival is Qingtuan, a glutinous rice dumpling dyed green with mug-wort (艾蒿) juice or wormwood grass. The tradition of serving Qingtuan at Qingming Festival is believed ____36____ (date) back to the Zhou Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, ____37____ the food was a common ritual (仪式) ____38____ memory of the ancestors.
Up to now, the practice has stood ____39____ test of time. Time-honoured brands of Qingtuan have struggled to show off their inventiveness. In recent years, Chinese consumers have gone wild for time-honoured brands of Qingtuan. Before Qingming Festival, customers stand in lines stretching down city blocks, ____40____ (wait) to get a taste of these variations before they sell out. Despite their smallest similarity to the classic variety, many people still believe that the ____41____ (innovate) helps to keep the ancient food tradition alive by getting younger people interested in them. Time-honored brands need to stay fresh by evolution and novelty. Otherwise, they’ll get ____42____ (leave) behind by more creative brands.
However, many Chinese people ____43____ (simple) aren’t interested in the debate about ____44____ these novel products are appealing or objectionable. Many are quietly used to eating Qingtuan the way they _____45_____ (serve) for hundreds, or thousands of years.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 上周末你参加了校学生会组织的“认识我们身边的植物”活动。请为校英文报写篇报道，内容包括：
1. 活动的过程；
2. 收获与感想。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Getting to Know the Plants Around Us
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第二节（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I was invited to a cookout on an old friend’s farm in western Washington. I parked my car outside the farm and walked past a milking house which had apparently not been used in many years. A noise at a window caught my attention, so I entered it. It was a hummingbird (蜂鸟), desperately trying to escape. She was covered in spider-webs (蛛网) and was barely able to move her wings. She ceased her struggle the instant I picked her up.
With the bird in my cupped hand, I looked around to see how she had gotten in. The broken window glass was the likely answer. I stuffed a piece of cloth into the hole and took her outside, closing the door securely behind me.
When I opened my hand, the bird did not fly away; she sat looking at me with her bright eyes. I removed the sticky spider-webs that covered her head and wings. Still, she made no attempt to fly. Perhaps she had been struggling against the window too long and was too tired Or too thirsty
As I carried her up the blackberry-lined path toward my car where I kept a water bottle, she began to move. I stopped, and she soon took wing but did not immediately fly away.
Hovering (悬停), she approached within six inches of my face. For a very long moment, this tiny creature looked into my eyes, turning her head from side to side. Then she flew quickly out of sight.
During the cookout, I told my hosts about the hummingbird incident. They promised to fix the window. As I was departing, my friends walked me to my car. I was standing by the car when a hummingbird flew to the center of our group and began hovering. She turned from person to person until she came to me. She again looked directly into my eyes, then let out a squeaking call and was gone. For a moment, all were speechless. Then someone said, “She must have come to say goodbye.”
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A few weeks later, I went to the farm again.
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I was just about to leave when the hummingbird appeared.
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